Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “featherbrain” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
featherbrain	20	12	234	(None)
featherbrains	21	13	224	1	featherbrains
featherbrained	23	7	155	2	featherbrained
scatterbrain	16	6	131	3	scatterbrain
featherbed	19	17	466	4	featherb__ed
featherbedding	25	11	143	4	featherbedding
featherbeds	20	19	357	4	featherb_eds
featheredging	22	6	148	4	featheredging
featherhead	21	5	307	4	featherhea_d
featherheads	22	5	259	4	featherheads
feathering	17	10	879	4	feathe__r_ing
leatherback	22	5	215	4	leatherb_ack
scatterbrains	17	6	124	4	scatterbrains
weatherboard	21	5	296	4	weatherboard
weatherman	18	5	425	4	weather_ma_n

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	15	7.046	17710.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.468	23927.6